Hook and eye



(No Model.)

M. ADAM. HOOK AND EYE.

No. 599,758. Patented Mar. 1,1898.

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UNITED STATES:

PATENT OFFICE.

MATTHEW ADAM, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

HOOK AND EVYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,758, dated March 1,1898.

Application filedMay 27, 1897. Serial No- 638,361. (No model.)

-- have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Garment Hooksand Eyes, whereof the following is a specification, reference'being hadto the accompanying drawlugs.

In said drawings, Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of the hook andeye in engagement, Fig. 2 being a view of the same in side elevation.

The object of my invention is to provide a hook and eye which shalladmit of being readily fastened or unfastened when force isintentionally applied thereto and which shall resist accidentalmovements tending to unhook the eye, and the construction being such asto present no projecting sharp points or ends of Wire, and the parts alllying substantially fiat when engaged.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the hook, and B the eye, each ofwhich is provided with the usual thread-eyes a a and b I), respectively.The sides of what would in an ordinary hook be termed the shank of thehook are bowed laterally outward, as indicated at C G, forming curvedsprings, and as they approach the bight or bend D are curvedrearwardly-that is, toward the body of the person-as seen most clearlyin Fig. 2.

Intermediate between the sides 0 G is the part E, which by analogy wouldbe termed the bill, but which differs from the usual bill of a hook inthat in the present instance it lies substantially flush with the sides,instead of rising above the same, and is bent in correspondence with therearward bending of that portion of the shank which is proximate to thebight. The sides of the bill itself arebowed or arched outwardly, asindicated at e e, forming a double incline on each side with a somewhatflat angle, so as to afford an easy riding-surface for the engagingportion of the eye. At the base of the bill, where the sides merge intothe bight D, they are separated by a small interspace.

The eye'as a whole is indicated at B, the engaging portion or loopthereof F being situated at the end of the two shanks f f which divergelaterally therefrom. The spread of these shanks at the region of thethread-eyes gives a comparatively wide base for attachment,-and thusinsures a firm support. The loop F is also curved rearwardly in a mannersubstantially corresponding with the curve of the hook near the bight D,the bending of the eye being preferably a trifle more prolonged thanthat of the hook and the curve near the end beak slightly more abruptwhere great accuracy of adjustment is desired. By thus correspondinglycurving the bight ends of the hook and eye, respectively, the bight ofthe eye will pass into contact with the two bights of the hook and pullthereon, and the curva ture is such that when thus engaged the body willnot weaken the hook and eye, as would bends at right angles. Moreover,the rearward curvature of the eye permits it to enter the space withinthe bow C C in front of the bill E, where it may be readily engaged withthe bill.

The intermediate space between the proximate faces f f of the loop F isless than the distance between the outside portions of the sides 6 e ofthe bill, so that in the act of hooking or unhooking the parts mustyield. This yielding may be accomplished through the bending together ofthe two sides of the bill alone, orit may be aided by the slight outwardbending of the two sides of the loop; but in either case themovemen't,though quite minute, is an entirely positive and appreciableone, so that a distinct though slight effort is required to either hookor unhook the loop.

The bill E terminates within the bow G C, so as not tooverlie the fabricwhere the cars a a are stitched, and thus the eye F may be readilyengaged with the bill without the necessity of raising the bill into ahigher plane than the bow, as would be necessary if the bill should.v beextended back to the stitchingpoints a a.

It will be observed that the line of the wire required for hooking orunhooking and at the same time obviate the liability to permanent ioobillis not new, and I do not broadly claim such method of construction.

I claim The combination with the hook having the sides of its shankbeyond its stitching portions bowed outwardly, and a bill having doubleinclines on its sides and lying fl ush within the bowed portion; thebight ends of the hook being curved rearwardly, of an eye having a loopof less diameter than the maximum width of the bill and curvedrearwardly at its closed end to correspond with the curvature of thebights of the hook, thereby permitting it to engage and pull on the saidbights, and said curved portions also permitting the bodies of the hookand eye to lie in the same longitudinal plane; substantially asdescribed.

MATTHE\V ADAM.

Witnesses: 1

G. HERBERT JENKINS, JAMES H. BELL.

